Nordic Nations Embrace Total Defense

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Nordic nations embrace total defense as the risk of sabotage and war rises

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Nordic nations are embracing the concept of total defense as the risk of sabotage and war rises.

Norway and some other Nordic nations tell residents to have enough food and water stored for seven days .

Norway announced in January that it plans to start building bomb shelters in new buildings after halting the practice in 1998 .

Finland 's civil defense shelters are the envy of the Nordics and can fit 86% of the Finnish population.

Back-up power generators were bought for the town hall, medical facilities and old people’s homes as well as a satellite link to be able to call for help.

In case of a cyberattack, the local health authorities print and file critical patient data once a week.

There were teething problems - the first satellite phones purchased in 2017 could only connect from the local graveyard which was “not practical” in -20 degrees Celsius (-4 Fahrenheit ) in winter .

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